Gabura insignis is a small bark-dwelling lichen in the family Arctomiaceae. It was first described in 2010 from the Pacific Northwest of North America, and was moved to the genus Gabura in 2020 after DNA-based studies (molecular phylogenetics) showed it to be closely related to Gabura fascicularis. Unlike its close relative, which produces disc-like fruiting bodies, G. insignis reproduces asexually by releasing powdery particles called soredia (asexual propagules), and sexual fruiting bodies have not been reported, at least in the Pacific Northwest.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Gabura insignis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Arctomiales
- Family
- Arctomiaceae
- Genus
- Gabura
- Species
- Gabura insignis
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